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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:15:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sean Harding <sharding@gutenberg.uoregon.edu>
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To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
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Subject: Re: /root:"chmod 600 .*" nothing work now
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Malartre wrote:

> #chmod 600 .*
> <!-- it was only to change the mode of all "." hiden file --!>

Remember that .* matches .. and ., so you changed more than you meant
to...

Sean

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